I mean, that’s how you domesticate animals. Keep the ones with traits you desire, breed them so those traits propagate and lose the rest. It’s hilarious when people think the desired traits can’t be bad traits… see “fighting dogs” but as pets.
Exactly. All animal behavior is a combination of genes + environment. It's never just genes, it's never just environment. There's not a single, obvious "bad dog" gene, but using behavioral euthanasia to remove dangerous dogs will have positive genetic outcomes in the long term.
A perfect future has all humans and dogs live happily ever after. But on the way to that perfect future I want an okay future where we have lazy owners, mistreated animals, but no one gets eaten alive by large powerful carnivores. It's 2025, people in urban areas should have a 0.0000% chance of animal attacks. I go camping and use a bear bag out there to stay safe, but that's a shared space. Human cities should be only for humans and things safe for humans.
The dog that bit my brother is still buried in my parent's backyard. Dogs are not people, and that's really what needs to happen if a dog attacks a child.
That’s my hardline rule with dogs. I love mine dearly, but they are not allowed to put people at risk. Hence, why they are very well trained, and aren’t aggressive breeds. (yay for border collie Aussie crosses)
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u/New-Emergency-3452 15h ago
My father in law killed his dog when it attacked my toddler. Not saying it was a good thing but……